It’s been three weeks since Cook County Board of Review Commissioner Tammy Wendt was ordered to fire her first cousin — a directive she has so far defied, despite a ruling that she “flagrantly” flouted county rules against nepotism.
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Alisa Kaplan, executive director of Reform for Illinois, noted, “it should not be this hard to get officials to comply with ethics rules.” [Most read] Attorney for ex-Speaker Michael Madigan says ‘millions and millions’ of documents to be reviewed over next few monthsHe pointed a finger at the “hypocrisy” of the two other Board of Review commissioners, Larry Rogers Jr.Cabonargi said Thursday that his hiring of Rogers’ cousin does not violate anti-nepotism rules because the cousin’s employment was with Cabonargi’s office, not Rogers’.
“As a new employee, how was I to know there was some other, overarching ethics policy that would apply?” Thielmann wrote. “I was recruited and hired under a different set of rules. I left a lucrative job in the private sector to come to the public sector in an attempt to help the county taxpayers.
According to public records, Thielmann was hired in December 2020, immediately after his cousin took office, with a $135,000 salary and received a raise to $150,000 the next month.
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